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November, 1932 
The Queensland Naturalist 
mackerel, kingfish, cod and bream, as well as huge gTopers 
and immense sharks; corals and coral animals; shell col- 
lecting; oyster gathering; safe bathing and glorious 
scenery. 
Anyone wishing to take part should communicate 
early with Mr. Pollock, at Carrington Avenue, Strath- 
field, N.S.W. 
Royal Society of Queensland. — At the October meet- 
ing of the Society Mr. H. A. Longman, Director of the 
Queensland Museum, exhibited specimens Astrotia sto- 
kesii Gray. Giant sea snake, caught at Morey Reef, Port 
Douglas, and presented to the Queensland Museum by 
Mr. E. J. Whelan, Harbour Master, Port Douglas. This 
very bulky species, which was named after Captain 
Stokes, of H.M.S. “Beagle,” ranges from Chinese and 
Indian seas to Australia. The specimen exhibited was 
seventy-three inches in length, with a maximum girth 
of twelve inches, and appeared to be the largest on 
record. The colour was uniform olive brown. (2) Valuta 
Bednalli Brazier. A fine specimen of this rare shell, 
found by a diver in deep water near Thursday Island, 
which had been received on loan from Mr. R. W. Millard. 
At the same meeting. Miss N. M. Holdsworth exhib- 
ited a specimen of Coralline Algae, cf. Lithothamnion sp. y 
from Muckadilla, Queensland, presented to the Queensland 
Museum by Mr. F. W. Hacker. This is, apparently, 
the first * record for this plant from Queensland 
Cretaceous rocks. Archaeolithoth amnion has been re- 
corded from Cretaceous beds in Southern India ( see 
Nature, Vol. 128, 1931, p. 225). 
